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sections of the South where it grows to a sufficient height for mowing. 

 The grass must be cut early and often to make good hay. If left until 

 the culms harden it is almost valueless for feeding purposes. Just as soon 

 as it grows high enough it should be cut and cured much after the manner 

 of timothy hay. Prof. S. M. Tracy, in an address delivered before an 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Convention in Jackson, says of its hay- 

 making qualities: 



"With us, Bermuda is the staple sort for both hay and pasture. It 

 grows well all through the South, will make from two to four tons of hay 

 per acre and the hay is fine, tender and nutritious. During the summer 

 it gives the best of pasture, and is uninjured by the 1 longest droughts. At 

 the Experiment Station we have been feeding with both Bermuda and tim- 

 othy hays during the last three years, as a test of their feeding values. 

 The timothy was selected especially for the purpose by a man who ships 

 that hay very largely and was of the very best quality; the Bermuda was 

 purchased from a neighboring farmer. Without going into the details of 

 the trial, I may state that, ton for ton, we found very little difference be- 

 tween the two, though the balance was slightly in fav'or of the Bermuda. 

 As the timothy cost, delivered at the Station, nearly twice as much as did 

 the Bermuda, the balance of profit was very decidedly in favor of the 

 home-grown hay." 



Prof. Phares, writing in the,, early seventies says of it: "As a peren- 

 nial pasture grass I know of no other that I consider so valuable as this. 

 As hay this grass has been cured and held in high esteem in Mississippi 

 for more than forty years. It does not bear dense shade but grows best 

 where most exposed to the intense heat of the sun. To make good pas- 

 ture it must be kept well trodden and grazed to keep it tender, and to 

 suppress other objectionable grasses and weeds. To make good hay and 

 the largest yield, this' grass must be mowed from three to five times every 

 summer. Thus briars, brome grass and other weeds are also repressed 

 and prevented from seeding, multiplying and ruining the meadow. Prop- 

 erly managed this grass grows from ten to fifteen inches high." 



BERMUDA GRASS AND SHEEP Bermuda grass has long been 

 recognized as one of the very best grazing grasses for cattle in the United 

 States, but its capacity for carrying large flocks of sheep has not received 

 the attention from the people of the South which the subject merits. No 

 grass will bear tramping so well in all kinds of weather. The Southern 

 States are the largest producers of cotton in the world; they should rival 

 or surpass Australia in the production of wool. On the same plantations 

 where cotton grows best, Bermuda grass finds its most congenial home. 

 The cheapest wool should be produced on the same fields that produce 

 the cheapest cotton. One acre of Bermuda grass well established on soils 

 entirely adapted to its growth will carry ten sheep for eight months in the 

 year, and in many parts of the South, ten months. Texas blue grass, 

 sheep fescue, and in some places Kentucky bjue grass, when properly 

 cared for, will carry the flocks through the remaining months. When one 

 considers the great profits that may be derived from the sale of early 

 lambs in the northern markets, and the growing demand for first-class 

 American wool and mutton, it is not too much to expect that within the 



